Aiya!
>> In some countries (USA and Germany?) lists/databases are copyrightable,
>> even is single data is not! (phone book, games scores and statistics,...)
In Russia too.
EGE> Don't you mean protected by the Database Directive, which is not the
EGE> same thing as copyright: it has a much shorter duration, for example?
I cannot say anything about USA and Germany, but in Russia databases
are collections and protected by exactly the same law. It is
explicitly stated. This protection is definitely copyright.
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Best regards,
Ruslan Batdalov